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“Leave My House”- Protest Demonstration at the House of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court

January 30, 2013

On January 29, protest demonstration was held in front of the house of the Chairman of the Georgian Constitutional Court in Batumi. Marina Eselidze has argument with Giorgi Papuashvili because an accommodation in Gorgiladze Street # 37. In 2006 this flat was assigned to Papuashvili for symbolic price of 1 000 lari based on president’s decree.

“My husband, Roland Bladadze was deputy director of the Sarpi Custom House. After Rose Revolution in Adjara, criminal case was launched against him and was accused of misappropriation-waste of state property and they seized our property, including this flat. Eight months later, the renovation of the flat started and the President sold it to Giorgi Papuashvili for 1 000 lari. Nowadays, my flat belongs to Giorgi Papuashvili. I appeal to the court, prosecutor’s office and new government to take relevant measures and return my house to my family,” Marina Eselidze said.

Relatives of Eselidze also participated in the demonstration; they were holding posters with slogan: “Leave my house.”

Spokesperson of the Constitutional Court Zviad Sirabidze said Giorgi Papuashvili had received a state-owned flat. “The state was obliged to accommodate the judges of the Constitutional Court. Consequently, the government gave them state-owned flats.”

Marina Eselidze returned to Georgia together with her three children after 2012 elections in Georgia. Her husband Roland Bladadze still lives in Russia with refugee status. Eselidze requests state institutions to restore justice and return the flat to the family.

Maka Malakmadze, Adjara

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